Flow: a Work in Movement branches out into a formidable interdisciplinary undertaking using electronic media as a springboard for the intermingling of forms. The end result is an immersive and interactive environment where the viewer encounters a multi-dimensional interface that is a product of emergent technology.
New York, NY, January 14, 2012 .NO – a nonprofit gallery on the Lower East Side, is pleased to present
Pia MYrvoLD: FLOW, the third incarnation of a multidisciplinary concept that debuted in Venice during last
year’s Biennale and is currently on view at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art through February 24.
"While engaging with Flow the immersive experience of emergent technologies is carefully guided by the artist.
The ever-changing abstract images, rhythmic textures and chromatic structures of light are inspired by higher-
minded aspirations. Myrvold’s ongoing research in 3D virtual space engenders a unique mental and aesthetic
awareness, as the artist plays with virtual space alongside actual physical space to illuminate what we have not
been able to see in traditional media. We are not put in front of a console as is common in many interactive
works; rather Flow builds parallel or tangent references between the realms of physical and imaginative
presence.
Stemming from her lifelong work as a painter, Norwegian artist Pia Myrvold creates new work that branches
out into a formidable interdisciplinary undertaking using electronic media as a springboard for the intermingling
of forms. The pulsing, looping animations and sound are unmistakable in their musical quality, the structure of
the installation utilizes large scale sculptural form and there is an architectural aspect as the viewer engages
the work by walking through it. The end result is an immersive and interactive environment where the viewer
encounters a multi-dimensional interface that is a product of emergent technology.”
Rex Bruce, Artweek.LA, Jan 9 2012
Professionally active as a visual artist since her teens, the Paris-based Pia Myrvold has shown extensively all
over the world. Her work in a wide range of media has been exhibited at Sotheby London, London; Centre
Pompidou, Paris; The Center of Architecture, New York; The Henie/Onstad Art Center; Oslo; Sala 1, Rome,
just to name a few.
During the Venice Biennale 2011, Myrvold staged Flow as a parallel to the Biennale on the Zattere in Venice.
Caroline Langill, Associate Dean of OCAD University, Toronto, said the following of the exhibit:
" (...) this body of work was a rare new media offering in what one expects to be a festival that highlights art
at the vanguard of contemporary practice. At a time when institutions are grappling with the almost weekly
emergence of new digital platforms, MYrvoLD points to the necessity of bridging the analogue/digital divide by
producing highly technical work that is both rearward and forward looking. The potentially immersive
installation evidences the breadth of her practice as well as her situatedness within contemporary art. Not a
technologist, MYrvoLD adopts the digital in order to dispel preconceptions about what art is and can be.
Clearly, she is a pioneer and will continue to shape the future of art".
Image: Pia MYrvoLD, Video spiral
Opening Reception: Friday, Feb 3, 6-8pm
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